[3][note 1] The line is 323 metres (1,060 ft)[3] long and functions as an inclined elevator with a single car, and 287 metres (942 ft) in a tunnel.

[6] The funicular is owned by "Mühleggbahn AG" and operated by Verkehrsbetriebe St.

[7] When opened in 1893, the line worked as a water counterbalancing funicular with two cars and a passing loop.

The Mühleggbahn is a funicular with one car which connects the two stations in a fully automatic trip every five minutes.

Most of the 316 meter long route goes through a tunnel with a gradient of 208 to 228 per mile.